This project aims to evaluate and test several methodologies for constrained potential field inversion and generation of three dimensional geophysical models. The southern margin of the Heemskirk Granite is an ideal study site as it is marked by significant geophysical anomalism related to the subsurface distribution of granite, mafic/ultramafic rocks and mineralisation. Read More....

Exploration for VHMS deposits on the Mt Read Volcanics (MRV) is currently based on the concept that all economic deposits occur at a particular time horizon (the ‘Holy Host’) and that this horizon has been adequately tested to a depth of 150-200m, i.e., any large undiscovered ore body is likely to be buried and blind. Read More....

The objective of this project is to test the concept that the geochemistry of pyrite in the Que River Shale provides a vector to blind VHMS deposits. Ten diamond drill holes were examined and sampled from the Hellyer-Que River area. Diamond drilholes comprised distal through proximal intersections of the Que River Shale in relation to the Hellyer ore body. Read More....

Sulfide-bearing graphitic argillite horizons are a minor but ubiquitous feature of submarine volcanic successions in ancient greenstone belts. The sulfide and carbonaceous components of these sediments are products of both diagenetic and hydrothermal processes active at a regional scale during the development of the host volcanic complex. Read More....

The distribution of pre-Permian rock units beneath the Tasmania Basin in Southeast Tasmania is very poorly constrained. This project will use seismic refraction and wide-angle seismic reflection techniques to image both vertical and lateral crustal velocity variations in an area from Bronte Park in the west to the east coast and from Campbell Town in the north to Brighton in the south. Read More....